{"id":15931,"date":"2020-05-06T09:43:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T13:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15931"},"modified":"2020-05-06T09:43:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T13:43:36","slug":"humana-is-waiving-copayments-when-you-see-your-primary-care-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15931","title":{"rendered":"Humana is waiving copayments when you see your primary care doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Humana, the nation\u2019s second-largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans, announced that it is waiving copayments, deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs for the rest of the year for all Medicare Advantage customers who visit their primary care doctor or see a behavioral health specialist. \u00a0Like many insurers, Humana, have already waived costs for COVID-19 related care and telemedicine visits. Based on the company\u2019s research, the costs like copayments can force Medicare Advantage patients to put off care so the company is taking this step to make it easier for people to keep up with their health.\u00a0 Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/wireStory\/humana-picks-tab-medicare-advantage-doctor-visits-70510945\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7924\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humana, the nation\u2019s second-largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans, announced that it is waiving copayments, deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-health-care-redesign","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15932,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15931\/revisions\/15932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}